Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-08-25
That Greeneyillc Assault.
GREENEvILLE, August 95, 1887.

1 ~ thhSuot ~ 1OONs
10 the Editor of the HERALD AND TRmuNE:
In your issue Of the 18th inst, you
make a statement, not of facts but the re.
verse, which is calculated to mislead your
many readers. We allude to your state.
ment about n difficulty between DIR.
Frank p. Robinson and one Royce, an
insurance agent, lately located here, from
indianapolis, Ind, as is generally under
stood.
DR.. Robinson is q young man, son Of
James II. Robinson of this place, and had
but o short time before located at Big
Creek, Cooke county. Meeting Mr., Royce
going to the house of a patient, he re.
turned heartily the greeting Of friendship
proffered, knowing that his father and
family had treated the Royces as friends,
But on Royce's calling on him a few
hours afterwards and telling him that
while he approved of his treatment of the
case they were dissatisfied and over his
advice were going to call in another doc
tor giving his name), which at once
aroused DR.. Robinson's suspicious, as he
knew the family had a prejudice, per.
haps wrongful, and would not allow him
inside the house. And on further ques-
tioning he was only the more impressed
that there wa something wrong. SO on
calling on the family a few hours after he
found that the said Royce, an insurance
agent, had represented himself as a
WIN ON practicing physician and had,
over the protest Of a widowed mother
and the patient, a young lady Of IL or IL
years, made q pretended Uoginal examina-
ton or inspection, etc., and denounced
DR.. Robinson's diagnosis and treatment.
Soon after reporting these facts to his
father he received q letter saying that the
man Royce had called on him and given
him q flattering account of his sons sue
cess and how proud he was of 1t, and that
he had talked for him. So when Mr..
Royce offered his hand in friendship on
their next meeting, DR.. Robinson refused
1t, giving the above facts as his reason.
But Royce became much excited and
quite boisterous, until o moving train
separated them.
Sometime thereafter, while talking to
W. Il. Mitchell In front Of the court
house, DR.. Robinson was accosted by Mr..
r. and an older son, whom he, DR.. r., had
not known and when informed that he,
Robinson, was the man they wanted. the
old man jumped out Of the buggy. small
end of cane in hand, saying Here is q
whip, If you want to horsewhip me.
To which Robinson replied go away
and let me alone | do not want to null
tiply words with you-so 90 away and
let me alone" But both pressed on him
till he caught up a brick, bat and turned
on them, which sent them lodging, till
friends came in and stopped it. The
Recorder fined the Royce'sf for assault and
DR.. r. for profanity.
So matters stood till the Monday fol-
lowing, Notwithstanding the Royces dur
ing the trial ta~untingly said there was
nothing in Robinson, a they had found
out. When the DR.. was told that they.
the Royces, were Boosting that they had
the victory and that nothing he could do
could hurt them, he possessed himself OF
a borsewhip and waited outside the elder
Royce'sqntil he came on the most public
part of the street, when he began on him
lively. the said Royce doing all he could
with his cane, but to no purpose; and while
he had the doctor around the shoulders
and neck, he cried out "Take him off,
take him Off" to the merriment of all
whorSw 1t, he being more than double
the II tof his assailant.
"a NOT ST, and showing these facts, DR.
J5idsons was flnedTa nominal sum, show
ing that he was In q measure justified by
our people. And II your constituents o.
Washington county only knew OF the un'
warranted attack made on DR.. Boyd. for
merly Of your county and now one of oul
most honored citizens, they would know
that your former informant had not given
the facts. His, Royce's, attack on Doctol
Boyd was most unwarrantable and had
almost ended seriously for him. *f*Hf